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Good states that the text attempts to take more of the magic out of the brain by means of a “subassembly” theory, which he describes as a modification of Hebb’s cell-assembly theory.

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Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machinestates its contribution ↓Good states that the text attempts to take more of the magic out of the brain by means of a “subassembly” theory, which he describes as a modification of Hebb’s cell-assembly theory.

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Date: 1965 · publication Records dated 1965 →

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Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine

Academic Press · 1965

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“I n the following pages an attempt is made to take more of the magic out of the brain by means of a “subassembly” theory, which is a modification of Hebb’s famous speculative cell-assembly theory.”

Location in source PDF p. 1, §1 Introduction, para. 1

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Authors: I. J. Good
Version: Scanned reprint, Advances in Computers volume 6, pp. 31–88. Repository metadata identifies ©1965; the mirror filename says 1966.
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Accessed: 2026-09-17
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Academic Press, Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine (1965).
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